Shingle



Sept. 8, 1925.

R. M. WESTON SHINGLE Filed Jan. 19. 1923 Wnew.'

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- To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT M. WESTON,` a citizen of the United States, residing at- Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingles, 0i which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful to provide shingles which may be ,cut from sheets of pliable composition roofing or other suitable material at aminimum of waste and interlocked without weakening them with slits so `common tomany othertypes of composition shingles.`

A further ob'ect is to provide shin les with elements w ich ma be so interloc ed,

:that the wind cannot get neath the shingles and blow them from the roof, and are so shaped that the shingles in' a lower course constitute. gages which enable the shin les -in an upper course to be quickl installe in a uniform manner so that the ished work will besymmetrical and neat in appearance.

A further object is to provide shingles which may be installed with a minimum number of nails and labor, and in order that the invention may be readily understood,

reference will now be had to the accompany-- ig. 1 is a plan view' of a plurality of rows of shmgles as they appear when cut from a sheet ofv roofing Inaterlal.v

Fig. 2 is a planv view showing the manner in which the shingles overlap andy interlock when installed on a roof.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the shingles. q

Each shingle comprises a bod 2 having upper and lower margins 14 an 16 respecini` drawing, in which tively, an oblong pair of upper extensions' 4 projectin laterally from the opposite sides of said bo y 2, elements 6 projecting from the upper portion'of the extensions 4, and a pair of lower extensions 8 having parallel sides and projecting laterally from opposite' sides of the lower portion of the body 2.

Each upper lateral extension 4 is, approximately, e ual in width to one-half the width of the body 2 and in height tothe intervening space 18 between it and the' adjacent lower extension 8 and its upper margin 10 slopes downwardly and outwardly on an angle correspondin to the slope of the upper margin 12 c each lower lateral exupwardly to corres ond with fthe slo ing up r margin of e'ac element 6, so that t ere w1 be nov waste between said mar s when 'the shingles are cut from a sheet o composition.

beneath the upper extensions 4 to leave the intervening recesses 18, hereinbefore referred to and which are of suilicient height to freely admit the extensions 8 of com- The lower lateral .extensions 8 are spaced .v

panion shingles of an u per coursewhen appliedto a roof,- as disc osed by Fig. 2.

Each lower 'extension 8 is approximate] equal inlength and width .to 'one half the length and width of each upper exten` sion 4 and slightly'less than lthe length of each space 18 1n order to readily enter the vrecesses of the adjoining shingles when the shingles are being applied to a roof as hereinafter described. 4

The shingles may be applied" to a roof as I follows: The lower course of shingles A are trimmed olf adjacent to the lower ends Aof the recesses 18 and are secured to the roof K with the lower margins on a line with the eaves L by driving a nail through each up- `per extension 4. When applying the first course of shingles A as stated, the adjacent vertical margins ofthe upper extensions 4 vare placed s1de by side and thus form a gage in spacing the .bodies 2 of said course apar-tto admit the bodies of the second course of shingles B, which are applied by slightly bowing each shingle so that its lower lateral extensions 8 can be slip ed beneath the bodies `2 ofl the two a jacent shingles in the courseA, the extensions 4 of which are covered by the bodiesI of the shingles in the course B. The third course D, and all following courses are then applied in a like manner.

The elements 6 project far enough beneath the overlapping course to assist the upper margins 14 of the shin les to retain their position from beneath t e extensions 4 of said overlappin course, and owin manner in whic the extensions 8 lnterlock with the shingles of a lower course all of the shingles combine to provide a cover of double thickness which i's reliably held upon the roof by a nail driven through each extension 4 at the time the shingles are applied so that said'nail will be protected from'the weather by each upper course.

to the i From the foregoing description it will pointe le I have shown and described the preferred form of said shingle I reserve the ri ht to make such changes as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the claims.

Having thus described my inventlon, what I .claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: f

1. A shingle consisting of anl oblong body,

- extensions projecting laterally from opposite sides of the upper portion yof said body and each approximatelyequal in width to one halfthe width of said body, elements projecting upwardly from said extensions, and extensions projecting laterally from opposite sides o the lower portion of said body and of approximately one half the length and width of said upper extensions beneath which the are spaced to leave intervening recesses o such proportions that when two shingles in a lower course are laid side by side with the vertical margins of the two adjacent upper-sections abutting each other the two adjoinin recesses will admit the lower portion of t e body of a shingle in an upper course and permit the lower extensions on the last-mentioned shingle to be placed beneath the bodies of the'two firstmentioned shingles.

2. shingle consisting of an oblong body, extenslons aving sloplng upper margins and projecting laterally from opposite sldes of the -upper portion of said body and each equal 1n width to one half the width and slightly less than one half the length of said body, and extensions projecting laterally from opposite sides ofthe lower portions of said body and of approximately one half the length and width of said upper extensions beneath which they are spaced to leave intervening recesses of slightly greater length than the length of said lower extensions, the upper" margins of which latter slope downwardly to correspond with the` sloping upper marginsof said upper extensions.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ROBT. M. WESTON. 

